A nation needs upright people

周末的下午我跟舅舅通了一个多小时的电话，我们常常都会通电话，他也是我一生的良师益友。但是我舅舅最崇拜的人却是我的父亲。他认为我的父亲相当了不起。舅舅出生于1947年，今年已经79岁了。他读过大学，学的是马列主义研修班。他这一生都在做官。做过地团委副书记。做过粮食局的局长，做过外经委的主任，后来国家准备培养他做市委书记，就想让他先去垫江县做县长。回来之后，做地委副书记，然后再做市委书记。他拒绝了到垫江县去做县长。他认为我们的国家是个农业大国，农业相当重要。在那个年代，人民吃饱饭才是国家的头等大事。最后他去做了市农委主任。在那个年代，他还带队去了美国半个月，考察了美国全国的农业。他还做过政协的秘书长。1979年，他32岁，他到北京中央团校去培训。当时国家领导人华国锋、邓小平、李先念、陈云、叶剑英一同来看望他们，老一辈的革命家与他们亲切交谈，最后还拍了大合照。这张照片现在就在他成都的家里。今年3月我准备去成都出差，让我们成都的同事们都去看看这张珍贵的照片。小学中学每年的寒暑假我们都会去他们家里过一整个假期，那是人生非常快乐而幸福的时光。我今天问他:“为什么现在这么多的领导都在搞权力变现？他们为什么要损害国家利益？我舅舅认为主要是品行太差，观念太落后。我们从一个封建国家变成了半殖民地半封建国家。1921年建党，28年我们一共牺牲了370万先辈才换来了1949年我们这个全新的新中国。这个世界上还是有很多像我舅舅这样清廉的官员。他现在过得非常非常幸福，关键他永远都不必向未来担忧。他这一生，人生过得非常美满。女儿现在在国际大公司工作，外孙在重庆大学读书。他读了很多很多的书，他的思想是非常国际化的。他去了好多国家。所以他认为国际化很重要。你见的世面越大，你见过的优秀的人越多，你的认知就会非比寻常。我现在工作的很多问题我都会去向他请教，我们像朋友一样地无话不谈。我的人生观和价值观受两个人的影响，一是我的父亲，二是我的舅舅。舅舅认为：中国现在医疗行业首要的任务就是应该反腐，必须反腐，持续反腐。如果不这样，医疗的这个乱象就会危害每一个中国人。舅舅认为我与世界微创脊柱大师Mayer教授创立的仁医医疗非常非常有价值。我们一定要把这种信念坚持下来，深耕胸中。我父亲的传奇人生也教会了我一定要说真话，做实事。一个国家需要正直的人，只有正直的人在正确的位置上做为国为民的事情，这个国家才能成为真正的强国。只有中国成为真正的强国，我们每一个家庭才会平安幸福。这是我们每一个有良知的中国人的责任。发上等愿，结中等缘，享下等福，择高处站，向宽处行，于平处住。   

I spent over an hour on the phone with my uncle last Sunday afternoon. We talk on the phone regularly, and he has been a lifelong mentor and close friend to me. Yet the person my uncle admires most is my father. In his eyes, my father is truly an extraordinary man. My uncle was born in 1947 and is now 79 years old. He received a university education, majoring in an advanced program in Marxism - Leninism. He dedicated his entire career to public service, serving as Deputy Secretary of the local Prefectural Communist Youth League of China, Director of local Food and Strategic Reserves Bureau, and Director of the local Foreign Economic Relations Commission. When the state planned to groom him for the position of a Municipal Party Secretary, they appointed him as County Magistrate of Dianjiang County, with the expectation that he would later return to serve as Deputy Secretary of the local Prefectural Communist Youth League before assuming the role of Municipal Party Secretary. However, my uncle declined the appointment to Dianjiang County. He firmly believed that as an agricultural country, agriculture was of paramount importance to China, and ensuring people had enough food to eat was the nation's top priority at that time. Eventually, he took up the position of Director of the local Municipal Agriculture Commission. During that period, he also led a delegation on a half-month inspection tour of agriculture across the United States. Additionally, he served as Secretary-General of the local branch of National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). In 1979, when he was 32, he attended training at the Central School of Communist Youth League of China in Beijing. During his training, state leaders including Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, Chen Yun, and Ye Jianying visited the school to meet with the trainees. The elder generation of revolutionaries had warm and cordial conversations with them and took a group photo together. The photo is now kept in his home in Chengdu. In March, I plan to travel to Chengdu for a business trip, and I will arrange for my colleagues there to see this invaluable photo. During my primary and middle school years, my family and I spent entire winter and summer vacations at my uncle's house. Those were truly happy and memorable days of my life. Today, I asked him, "Why do so many people in power trying to monetize their authority? Why do they harm the interests of the country?" My uncle attributed this mainly to poor moral character and outdated mindsets. China had transformed from a feudal society into a semi-colonial, semi-feudal one. It took 28 years and the sacrifice of 3.7 million martyrs since the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921 to establish the brand-new People's Republic of China in 1949. Fortunately, there are still many honest and upright officials like my uncle in the world. He now lives an exceptionally happy life, most importantly free from any anxiety about the future. His life has been deeply fulfilling. His daughter works at a major international corporation, and his grandson studies at Chongqing University. He has read extensively and possesses a truly international perspective. He has traveled to many countries and firmly believes that internationalization is essential. The broader the world you have seen, the more outstanding people you encounter, the more extraordinary your understanding of the world becomes. Whenever I encounter work-related challenges, I always seek his advice, and we communicate freely like close friends. My outlook on life and values have been profoundly shaped by two people: my father and my uncle. My uncle holds a strong view that the top priority for China's healthcare system today is to fight corruption, and to do so decisively and continuously. Without sustained anti-corruption efforts, the chaos in the healthcare system will endanger every Chinese citizen. He also believes that Gloryren, the company I co-founded with Prof. Mayer, the world-renowned master in minimally invasive spine surgery, is of profound value. We must uphold this conviction and cultivate it deeply within our hearts. My father's legendary life has also taught me to always speak the truth and do practical work. A nation needs upright people. Only when upright individuals stand in the right positions and act for the country and the people can a nation become truly strong. Only when China becomes a genuinely strong country can every family live in peace and happiness. This is the responsibility of every conscientious Chinese citizen.  Hold great ambitions, accept ordinary ties, and enjoy simple blessings. Choose to stand where vision is higher, move where the path is wider, and live where the ground is steady.